The Creative Life - Barbara Trovillo

I have had the best week ever in the studio! I have two paintings in progress on two easels and a watercolor on the drawing table. My house is a mess........I have not done the shopping.....It's been divine.   One of my intentions for the new year is to keep regular hours in my studio. Most often, I allow the many other demands to interfere with my resolve. It's amazing how much you can accomplish if you show up!   This week, it seems, I have been obsessed with pears. My son, Joel, is very fond of them. At Christmastime, I like to send he [...]

It's hard to be motivated on a rainy day in winter. We had a particularly dark, dreary week without much natural light. I was feeling a bit blue. I purposefully went to Trader Joe's to find some floral inspiration. It never fails. This day I found a bunch of happy Gerber daisies.      In the dining room, at home, I had a row of pears ripening on a windowsill. (Maybe a future painting?)     I placed the flowers in a cobalt glass and added them to the row.                           . I started this in watercolor [...]

Good morning, friends,    If you read last week's blog, you know I laid out some very definite commitments for my day to day life going forward into the new year. Well, no sooner had I pressed the send button, it seemed my life went crazy! We had a family emergency that demanded everything on the schedule be canceled or moved. Then I had a dental problem that required two days of appointments and recovery. Oh, brother, so much for good intentions!   I did manage to get into the studio to produce a new piece of art. The painting featured here is called, On [...]

Happy New Year!    I am so excited to get back to business! Wow, what a year 2020 was. When a new year begins, we look ahead with hope. Realistically, though, the problems don't go away just because the calendar changes. The pandemic is still an issue. We continue to have to isolate and mask up. As makers and sellers of art, we have had to learn new ways to get our work out in front of people through social media etc. With the advent of the vaccine, hopefully, we will see more on site venues opening up as the year progresses.    There are [...]